What is TheCHANGEproject?

TheCHANGEproject is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 39-3751530) founded in 2020 that advances health equity by building community power. We train young leaders with lived experience, run student chapters, produce media that amplifies community voices, and push for policy change so that health equity is shaped by the people who experience inequity firsthand.

What does it mean to be community-led?

Community-led means the people directly affected by health inequities set the priorities and shape the solutions — a "nothing about us, without us" approach. Our team reflects the communities we serve, we compensate community members for their expertise, decision-making power is shared, and we are accountable to the community first.

How are donations to TheCHANGEproject used?

Donations directly fund our mission to advance health equity, and are allocated roughly 55% to community health initiatives, 20% to youth leadership development, 15% to evaluation and research, and 10% to administrative operations.

Where does TheCHANGEproject operate?

Our on-the-ground programs focus on the Denver metro area, with initiatives extending across Colorado. Our digital storytelling and policy work reach communities nationally, and we partner with others to bring the model to new places.

How can I get involved with TheCHANGEproject?

You can volunteer your skills, start or join a student chapter, partner your organization with us, or donate. Volunteer and partnership inquiries can go to info@thechangeprojectco.org, and you can give a one-time or monthly gift at thechangeprojectco.org/donate.

The future of health equity belongs to us.

We back community leaders and young people to design practical programs, generate clear evidence, and translate insight into policy that lasts.

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Find your place at CHANGE

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Join the movement

Contribute your skills, explore a fellowship, or meet a local chapter.

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Bring CHANGE to your campus

Start a conversation about building a chapter at your school.

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Help sustain community-led health equity work.

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Our Approach

Change by design, power, and story

We advance health equity by elevating community leadership, building evidence-based pilots, and shifting narratives. Our work is iterative, measurable, and relentlessly human-centered.

Design

Community-led solutions

Power

Youth leadership

Story

Narrative change

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What We Do

Closest to the Problem, Closest to the Solution

We invest in the next generation of health equity leaders—young people who understand inequity firsthand and are ready to build the solutions their communities deserve.

Policy and Advocacy

Translating lived experience and evidence into nonpartisan public education and policy action. Young people learn to read a bill, map who actually decides, and put community knowledge in front of the people who can act on it.

Fellows and Leadership

Developing young leaders through fellowships, campus chapters, mentorship, and applied learning. TheCHANGE Institute is where the training lives. CHANGE Chapters are where it gets used.

Research and Impact

Community-engaged evidence, and honest measurement of whether the work changes anything. This is our newest pillar and the one we are still building — we would rather say that than imply a research operation we do not yet have.

Media and Storytelling

Nothing About Us is where community knowledge gets published — podcasts, video, and writing that make health-equity issues understandable and actionable, with consent and editorial control held by the people whose stories they are.

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